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[jahrastapark]

whas the difference between xring and oring? does it do any justice to have a self lubricating chain? DID? EK?

 

[yb200]

one will stretch faster....520 o-ring is what you want

 

[jahrastapark]

i mean, you can spend $40 bucks on a chain. or $90....

 

[super noober]

my crappy powersports store sells regular motorcycle chain that firts a blaster for $22 or a o-ring one costs $52. i went with the cheapy and its fine so far.

 

[jahrastapark]

yea but itsw gonna stretch in like 2 days.

 

[custom2stroke]

I run cheapy also but i also have used sprockets i'm using up. It kind of depends on your application non o ring chains will wear faster/stretch and put more wear on your sprockets but it will give you 1 or so more horsepower to the rear wheels. o-ring chains will last longer put less wear on your sprockets and won't stretch as much and will absorb some of the initial torque put on it from the motor. o-ring chains stretch and come back to original shape sort of like a rubber band that's why they absorb some horsepower/torque on initial throttle up.

 

[pittboss45]

You want the X-Ring, the tensile strenght is higher than the O-Ring. About the same price.